A group of Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska corn growers are on the ground in South America this week and next. They are part of a study tour focusing on Brazil and Argentina - covering everything from corn production to biofuels to environmental issues to regulatory policy.
A lot of good info will come from the study tour - the schedule is packed with meetings and tours. Yesterday, for example, the group met (for five hours) with representatives of Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy, the federal agency that oversees the nation's biofuels program. Also in the meeting were representatives from Petrobras, the private/public company that is leading the way in Brazil's biofuels industry.
We've started a blog to report what the group is learning, seeing, experiencing and more.
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